Chronological List of Accomplishments
ChildhoodLeadership - I was the kid who got everyone to play ball, mediated conflicts, etc
Asked way too many questions in school, double promoted from 6th to 8th grade
High School#1 trumpet player in conference of 8 schools (2 years)
#1 tennis player on H.S. team (3 years)
Highest scoring mathlete in conference math contests 3 years
Highest ACT scores in High School (99.99 percentile)
CollegeWrote a Fortran IV program for IBM 370 to perform an iterative factor analysis, involving 8 dependent variables and 2 independent variables, for which I received a footnote in a journal article
Developed a paper and pencil test to identify consumer innovators within any selected market for top three Ad Agency
B.A. Psychology -- University of Illinois, Chicago
Grad SchoolDid master’s degree work at Teacher’s College, Columbia University in Developmental Psychology
Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Psychology and Developmental Psychology
Explored a doctoral thesis surrounding J. McVicker Hunt’s concept of ‘The Match’; a theory that learning only occurs when the cognitive level of learning material engaged by learner is optimally higher that the learner’s present level in any given content area
20'sTournament level 'A' tennis player
Achieved a top 100 Midwest ranking in pro-am racquetball
Patented (#4,192,500) a variable-resistance exercise device to cure tennis elbow; did purchasing, manufacturing and sales; products based on patent still in the marketplace today
30'sParticipated in 5 triathlons of length 1/4 mile swim, 18 mile bike, 10k run, finishing in ~2 hours
Completed a five-year internship of Breathwork, Bioenergetics, and Gestalt therapies with Dr. Jim Morningstar in Milwaukee, where I pioneered video-feedback techniques for practitioners and clients
Led 5 years of Personal Growth intensive 10-week trainings for over 1000 participants using above to facilitate emotional release and creativity
Produced a series of half-hour comedy-variety shows in above context for local network
40’sDeveloped 900# Network for persons with Panic Disorder, using Breathwork Practices for Relaxation
Wrote Hypercard Stack demonstrating Interactive Multimedia Interface with touch screen for pre-school (1-4 years) children
Directed over 100 Public Access broadcast programs at Mid-Peninsula Access Corp (Palo Alto). Produced and starred in a live call-in talk show series (20 shows) titled “What I Think!?”, with the highest calls per show average ever recorded for a half hour by MPAC
For seven years, Sr. Consultant with
Market Assessment International, a consulting group that assisted the decision making for marketing and customer service executives in Information Technology, among whose clients include Seagate, Compaq, Apple, IBM, Tandem, HP, Sun, Verifone, Amdahl, Tektronix, N.E.T., Consumer Support Consortium and a plethora of Silicon Valley startups
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